Constructor Details

Creates an Attachment object. name is the name of the attachment, instance is the model object instance it's attached to, and options is the same as the hash passed to has_attached_file.

Options include:

url - a relative URL of the attachment. This is interpolated using interpolatorpath - where on the filesystem to store the attachment. This is interpolated using interpolatorstyles - a hash of options for processing the attachment. See has_attached_file for the details only_process - style args to be run through the post-processor. This defaults to the empty list default_url - a URL for the missing image default_style - the style to use when an argument is not specified e.g. #url, #path storage - the storage mechanism. Defaults to :filesystem use_timestamp - whether to append an anti-caching timestamp to image URLs. Defaults to true whiny, whiny_thumbnails - whether to raise when thumbnailing fails use_default_time_zone - related to use_timestamp. Defaults to true hash_digest - a string representing a class that will be used to hash URLs for obfuscation hash_data - the relative URL for the hash data. This is interpolated using interpolatorhash_secret - a secret passed to the hash_digestconvert_options - flags passed to the convert command for processing source_file_options - flags passed to the convert command that controls how the file is read processors - classes that transform the attachment. Defaults to [:thumbnail] preserve_files - whether to keep files on the filesystem when deleting or clearing the attachment. Defaults to false filename_cleaner - An object that responds to #call(filename) that will strip unacceptable charcters from filename interpolator - the object used to interpolate filenames and URLs. Defaults to Paperclip::Interpolations url_generator - the object used to generate URLs, using the interpolator. Defaults to Paperclip::UrlGenerator escape_url - Perform URI escaping to URLs. Defaults to true

Instance Method Details

#as_json(options = nil) ⇒ Object

#assign(uploaded_file) ⇒ Object

What gets called when you call instance.attachment = File. It clears errors, assigns attributes, and processes the file. It also queues up the previous file for deletion, to be flushed away on #save of its host. In addition to form uploads, you can also assign another Paperclip attachment:

#instance_write(attr, value) ⇒ Object

Writes the attachment-specific attribute on the instance. For example, instance_write(:file_name, “me.jpg”) will write “me.jpg” to the instance's “avatar_file_name” field (assuming the attachment is called avatar).

#path(style_name = default_style) ⇒ Object

Returns the path of the attachment as defined by the :path option. If the file is stored in the filesystem the path refers to the path of the file on disk. If the file is stored in S3, the path is the “key” part of the URL, and the :bucket option refers to the S3 bucket.

#reprocess!(*style_args) ⇒ Object

This method really shouldn't be called that often. It's expected use is in the paperclip:refresh rake task and that's it. It will regenerate all thumbnails forcefully, by reobtaining the original file and going through the post-process again. NOTE: Calling reprocess WILL NOT delete existing files. This is due to inconsistencies in timing of S3 commands. It's possible that calling #reprocess! will lose data if the files are not kept.

#uploaded_file ⇒ Object

#url(style_name = default_style, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Returns the public URL of the attachment with a given style. This does not necessarily need to point to a file that your Web server can access and can instead point to an action in your app, for example for fine grained security; this has a serious performance tradeoff.

Options:

timestamp - Add a timestamp to the end of the URL. Default: true. escape - Perform URI escaping to the URL. Default: true.

Global controls (set on has_attached_file):

interpolator - The object that fills in a URL pattern's variables. default_url - The image to show when the attachment has no image. url - The URL for a saved image. url_generator - The object that generates a URL. Default: Paperclip::UrlGenerator.

As mentioned just above, the object that generates this URL can be passed in, for finer control. This object must respond to two methods: